Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy, topics include new work on experimental philosophy, feminism, and global justice incorporating perspectives informed from historical and contemporary approaches alike.
Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics an...
Ethics and moral philosophy is an area of particular interest today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. The essays have all appeared recently in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, an internationally recognized leading philosophy journal. This book is divided into five sections: practical reason, particularism, moral realism, virtue ethics, and ethics and moral philosophy more generally.
Ethics and moral philosophy is an area of particular interest today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. The ess...
Global justice and international affairs is perhaps the hottest topic in political philosophy today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. The essays have all appeared recently in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, an internationally recognized leading philosophy journal. Topics include sovereignty and self-determination, cosmopolitanism and nationalism, global poverty and international distributive justice, and war and terrorism.
Global justice and international affairs is perhaps the hottest topic in political philosophy today. This book brings together some of the most import...
The capabilities approach is a widely influential alternative theory of justice, popularized by Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and also by Martha Nussbaum. Justice and the Capabilities Approach is the first work of its kind to publish in one place the most influential essays in the field covering a number of topics, including constitutional law, cosmopolitanism, distributive justice, the family, feminism, global justice, human rights, poverty, and social justice. The collection should help inform both scholars and students coming to the study of the capabilities approach for the first time of...
The capabilities approach is a widely influential alternative theory of justice, popularized by Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and also by Martha Nuss...
Just War Theory raises some of the most pressing and important philosophical issues of our day. When is a war a just war, if ever? Do all soldiers in war have moral equivalence? What is the difference between combatants and non-combatants? This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area written by leading scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand just war theory. The essays have all appeared in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, an internationally recognized leading philosophy journal.
Just War Theory raises some of the most pressing and important philosophical issues of our day. When is a war a just war, if ever? Do all soldi...
Current Controversies in Political Philosophy brings together an international team of leading philosophers to explore and debate four key and dynamic issues in the field in an accessible way.
Should we all be cosmopolitans? - Gillian Brock and Cara Nine
Are rights important? - Rowan Cruft and Sonu Bedi
Is sexual objectification wrong and, if so, why? - Lina Papadaki and Scott Anderson
What to do about climate change? - Alexa Zellentin and Thom Brooks
These questions are the focus of intense debate. Preliminary...
Current Controversies in Political Philosophy brings together an international team of leading philosophers to explore and debate four key...
Current Controversies in Political Philosophy brings together an international team of leading philosophers to explore and debate four key and dynamic issues in the field in an accessible way.
Should we all be cosmopolitans? - Gillian Brock and Cara Nine
Are rights important? - Rowan Cruft and Sonu Bedi
Is sexual objectification wrong and, if so, why? - Lina Papadaki and Scott Anderson
What to do about climate change? - Alexa Zellentin and Thom Brooks
These questions are the focus of intense debate. Preliminary...
Current Controversies in Political Philosophy brings together an international team of leading philosophers to explore and debate four key...
Alcohol and its consumption is a major topic for public policy-making. Growing awareness of alcohol-related health problems among the general public has led to high levels of interest in alcohol consumption and its impact on society. This innovative collection of new perspectives on this critically important issue is informed by a leading group of international social scientists. Topics covered include alcoholism, the family, minimum pricing, paternalistic controls, and Socially Responsible Investment programs. Together, these essays reveal illuminating new insights into how public policy...
Alcohol and its consumption is a major topic for public policy-making. Growing awareness of alcohol-related health problems among the general publi...
What is the relation between law and democracy and how might it be improved? What values should inform the body of laws that govern us all? How should we determine crimes from non-crimes? What justifies state punishment, if anything? Law and Legal Theory brings together some of the most important essays in the area of the philosophy of law written by leading, international scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand law and legal theory to help shape future debates. Contributors include Christopher Bennett, Samantha Besson, Thom Brooks, Brian Butler, Sean...
What is the relation between law and democracy and how might it be improved? What values should inform the body of laws that govern us all? How should...
This authoritative and accessible introduction to the fundamental concerns for justice common to societies around the globe brings together foundational and contemporary concepts, exploring and explaining the major issues from sovereignty and severe poverty to environmental justice and human rights.
The most comprehensive introductory text on global justice
Brings together key foundational and contemporary perspectives
Covers high-profile issues such as poverty, sovereignty, environmental and distributional justice
Each chapter provides illuminating...
This authoritative and accessible introduction to the fundamental concerns for justice common to societies around the globe brings together foundat...
